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Not-Too-Sweet Blueberry Bread

Many food blogs in the past few days that I’ve run across have been featuring delicious looking fruit breads (see 101 Cookbook’s post for an example) – so I guess you could say I got inspired.  That, and we had about 2 cups of fresh ripe blueberries in the fridge just begging me to whip them up somehow.  I was shooting for something along the lines of a blueberry muffin in bread form, but what came out was something more like a banana bread, perfect for toasting and spreading a little butter and jam perhaps.

This recipe makes a rather large loaf, so make sure you’ve got enough people to feed – this stuff is also really good toasted and topped with some vanilla ice cream.  I think if I were to make this over again, I’d add a little more vanilla and some more cinnamon, so I’ll adjust the recipe accordingly.  Overall, I was very pleased with this recipe, though the next time I have that many blueberries sitting around, I think I’ll be bold and try making jam.  Enjoy!

Recipe:

• 3 cups Flour (I used all-purpose whole wheat flour)
• 1 Tsp. Salt
• 2 Tbsp. Baking Powder (use less if you want a more doughy bread)
• 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
• 1/2 Granulated Sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 3 Tbsp. Canola Oil
• 2 Tsp. Cinnamon
• 1 Tsp. Nutmeg
• 2 cups Blueberries (1 mashed, 1 whole)
• 1 cup low fat (1%) Milk
• 1 Tbsp. Vanilla Extract
• 2-3 Tbsp. Real Maple Syrup (OPTIONAL – will add more sweetness)

Preheat oven to 350F.  Grease a 5″x12″ baking dish (non-stick preferable).

In a medium bowl, whip eggs with the 2 sugars (and maple syrup if using) – make sure there are no lumps in the brown sugar.  Add milk and oil and mix together.  Add the cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla to the mixture and combine.

In a separate bowl, sift together flour, salt and baking powder.  Slowly add the flour mixture 1/3 at a time to the wet ingredients, combining after each addition (mix the two together until they come together and that’s it, no need to over mix here).  Once the batter is together (it should be fairly thick) fold in the blueberries and combine.  You could conceivably add other fruit here too (chopped fresh strawberries would be good but it’s up to you).

Bake at 350 for approximately 60 minutes until an inserted knife comes out clean.  Let cool for 10 minutes, slice and serve however you like!

Makes about 10 servings